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No Child Left Behind Act Meeting Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) Analyzing students’ grade level scores (from entirely different students) from one year to the next doesn’t offer clues about student progress or achievement AYP calculation formulas do not take into consideration the high percentage of disadvantaged students, nor the high incidence of student mobility for which a school is judged

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Value-Added Assessment Model Diagnostic tool to make data driven decisions Measures individual progress of same cohort of students as they move grades Students that make great strides in closing achievement gap are recognized even if they show low overall scores

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Strengths of Value-Added Assessment Models School/teacher performance data Predicts student performance using student as own control Regroup students in instruction Teacher training/T3 Teacher best practice research Modify instructional practices Evaluate what is working and what is not – effective practices Enrichment programs Resource allotment Interventions

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Warning: Don’t put all your apples in one basket! Value-added assessment models should not be sole means to determine teacher quality or quality of instructional program. Warning: Don’t put all your apples in one basket! Value-added assessment models should not be sole means to determine teacher quality or quality of instructional program. For more information: http://www.battelleforkids.org/ http://www.schoolmatters.com/scho ols.aspx/q/page=cmp